Interaction of an overexpressed γ-tubulin with microtubules in vivo and in vitro

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-487

  Kofron, Matt ^a   Nadezdina, Elena ^b   Vassilev, Alexei ^a   Matuliene, Jurgita ^a   Essner, Russell ^a   Kato, Jonathan ^a   Kuriyama, Ryoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS; INSECTA;

EID: 0032357904     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/0289-0003(1998)15[477:ioaotw]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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